### Please describe the problem.

Today I noticed odd commits happening such as

```
❯ git show 4a157861f3d27a40b38ae441dfe306e45e448c66
commit 4a157861f3d27a40b38ae441dfe306e45e448c66
Author: ReproStim User <changeme@example.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 17 09:22:04 2024 -0400

    git-annex in reprostim@reproiner:/data/reprostim

diff --git a/Videos/2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log b/Videos/2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
index fc930f54..92b79020 100644
--- a/Videos/2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
+++ b/Videos/2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/annex/objects/MD5E-s68799--29541299bea3691f430d855d2fb432fb.mkv.log
+/annex/objects/MD5E-s69--08983cc11522233e5d4815e4ef62275a.mkv.log
```

-- today is April but commits are for files in March... 

There is `git annex webapp` running which is configured to offload all content to another host.

And actual patch shows that it pretty much annexed the "unlocked link" file after the file was offloaded to remote host.


Do not have a minimal reproducer yet, but I think it happened while

- I had initially .log files which are text going to git
- then I added to `.gitattributes` 

```
*.log annex.largefiles=anything
```

but it was never committed (? I assumed that annex webapp/assistant would do that -- it didn't) -- only now I did that.  
- not sure how this morning was special...

The most interesting is that if I `annex get` -- I do get correct file...

It is like an inception!!!

On the fresh clone, if I look inside that file I see short key:

```
❯ cat 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
/annex/objects/MD5E-s69--08983cc11522233e5d4815e4ef62275a.mkv.log
```

then, if I `annex get` it -- I get content with long key

```shell
❯ git annex get 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
get 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log (from rolando...) 
ok                                
(recording state in git...)
❯ cat 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
/annex/objects/MD5E-s68799--29541299bea3691f430d855d2fb432fb.mkv.log
```

then upon subsequent get -- I will get the actual content:

```shell
❯ git annex get 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
get 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log (from rolando...) 
ok                                
(recording state in git...)
❯ head -n 1 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
2024-03-17 14:09:12.551 [info] [685899] Session logging begin   : reprostim-videocapture 1.5.0.119, session_logger_2024.03.17.14.09.12.550, start_ts=2024.03.17.14.09.12.550
```
and dropping it would lead me just to the "long key"

```
❯ git annex drop 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
drop 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log (locking rolando...) ok
(recording state in git...)
❯ cat 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
/annex/objects/MD5E-s68799--29541299bea3691f430d855d2fb432fb.mkv.log
```

and will not be able to come out into reality from the 2nd level of inception:

```
❯ git annex drop 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
❯ cat 2024.03.17.14.09.12.550_2024.03.17.14.09.18.818.mkv.log
/annex/objects/MD5E-s68799--29541299bea3691f430d855d2fb432fb.mkv.log
```


### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

on original server with webapp:  10.20240227-1~ndall+1

on intermediate server through which transfer of files happens: I think it might be old 

```
[bids@rolando VIDS] > git annex version
git-annex version: 6.20180808-ga1327779a
```

on laptop where I dive into inception: 10.20240129

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